User interface familiarization
By default, the display presentation covers the entire screen. The display presentation provided by the TV80 system consists of specific visual elements that work together. The visual elements provide you with the information you need, they help you to control the functionality needed to understand this information, and finally, they allow you to control the operational parameters.
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This screen capture shows you a typical data replay situation.You can see one echogram view and several sensor views presenting data in different ways. The top bar gives you fast access to key functionality and navigational information. The menu system on the right side gives you easy access to all the functionality offered by the TV80 system.
A Top bar
The top bar is located at the top of the display presentation and stretches from the far left to the far right. The top bar gives you fast access to key functionality and navigational information. It provides buttons for hiding and showing the menu, making screen captures, opening the Messages dialog box, and opening context-sensitive help. And more importantly, from the top bar you can see when data recording is active.
B TrawlEye view
A TrawlEye view can contain an echogram or any other gauge showing data from a specific TrawlEye sensor. The echogram view shows the data received from an specified TrawlEye sensor.
C Sensor views
The graphical presentation of sensor data will normally occupy the greater part of the TV80 presentation. In the TV80 program, the presentation of sensor data is organized in views. The combination of the different views in the TV80 presentation is referred to as Layout. Each view contains one or more “gauges”.
D Main menu
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The Main menu is located at the top of the menu structure. It is placed on the right side of the display presentation. On the top bar, use Menu to hide or show the menu.
E Secondary menus
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The icons for opening (and closing) the secondary menus are located under the Main menu. Select an icon to open the relevant menu.
F Bottom bar
The bottom bar is located at the bottom of the display presentation and stretches from the left side to the right side. The bottom bar includes the name of the current layout. The bottom bar also shows the current software version as well as time and date. The function keys on the bottom bar correspond to the different layouts defined in the Load Layout dialog box.